Summery salad recipes

On a balmy summer's day, a salad tastes its best. Make sure your salads are far from boring by following one of the recipes below.

Chicken

Using chicken as the focus of your salad will help to make it both filling and wholesome.

Walnuts and black grapes will give life to your lettuce leaves when you follow Delia Smith's Chicken Waldorf Salad recipe, while this Chicken Caeser salad recipe from the Hairy Bikers uses light ingredients but without compromising on taste.

Some of the most classic salad dishes don't need meat to deliver on taste.

A classic Greek Salad, with its delicious black olives and feta cheese, is hard to beat - Nigella Lawson advocates steeping the onions in her Greek Salad recipe and Rick Stein advocates using oregano in his recipe, while The Guardian dedicated an entire article to the various components of the dish.

Another winning dish is the Mozzarella and Tomato salad, also known as a Caprese Salad. This dish only requires three ingredients - tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil - so make sure to use quality ingredients for the best flavours.